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The Dundon family comprises the entire first two rows of names on the iconic chalice, even though Papa Dundon is the only one who holds a position within the organization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

To end the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime’s first supreme leader, made the difficult call to end the fighting, a decision he likened to drinking from a poisoned chalice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

“You need fire and you need a chalice. To me, that fire is my creativity. It’s my birthright to create. And that chalice is the community that holds me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

"In the past, Eurovision was a great honour for so many artists," but now, "it might feel like a poisoned chalice to some".

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

And she knew, without knowing how to explain why, that Jesus was entirely present, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the wine in the golden chalice and in the bread on the golden plate.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

It’s a constant conundrum of global athletic events, pursued as chalices by complicated hosts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

The density of the ornament is matched only by its cheapness, with chalices lined up on the mantelpiece like the decorator raided the trophy case of a middle-school gymnasium.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

Since then, the church has guarded the “Precious Blood” relic — until a group of unidentified thieves snatched it along with metallic liturgical dishes, artwork and chalices on June 2.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

A glass case displays dozens of chalices and wine-and-water cruet sets.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021

The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups but chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood